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Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:48:11 GMTHi all,
Giving this a thread so we can find it in the future.
On July 8, 2019, there was a freak rain storm that flooded parts of Arlington,...Hi all,

Giving this a thread so we can find it in the future.

On July 8, 2019, there was a freak rain storm that flooded parts of Arlington, including many of the streams, and damaged some infrastructure. Roads were damaged and repaired within a week (we're trying to get cost info from the County).

The W&OD under Wilson was damaged, and was closed to through traffic. Many people just moved cones and kept walking/riding through. The official detour involved going to Wilson, jogging over to the light, then jogging back to the trail. Where the trail hits Wilson is an unmarked, legal crosswalk, so some folks did that. There were reports of drivers no yielding to people in the unmarked crosswalk and running the red when people using the crosswalk had the pedestrian light.

As of the August BAC meeting, County staff had neither a time nor cost estimate for repairs. The list of infrastructure that needed repair that DPR put on the internet did not include the W&OD trail. Staff said engineers were beginning to assess the damage.

At the September BAC meeting, County staff said they had a cost estimate for the repair: it would cost $140k, which would be taken immediately from trail maintenance funds (which hopefully could be replenished from other sources). They did not have estimates as to when the work would be done/completed.
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Mon, 02 Sep 2019 14:28:27 GMTComing back from Monday Pancake Club, I went past the barricade on the W&OD underpass at Wilson. A couple of peds who were also using the underpass were de-Lumberjacking the cones at the barriers. When they pointed out that the trail was closed, I pointed out that they were using it. They then interpreted the detour sign to mean bike detour only.

I re-Lumberjacked the cones.
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Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:14:33 GMTHigh Visibility Enforcement (HVE) will be starting shortly in the City of Alexandria. In addition to the usual reasons to obey traffic laws, being...High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) will be starting shortly in the City of Alexandria. In addition to the usual reasons to obey traffic laws, being particularly careful to obey traffic laws in the next few weeks will help you avoid time consuming and possibly costly interactions with law enforcement, and will also be helpful to "optics" in the City. I would suggest those who ride through Old Town particularly reflect on this, especially people who ride on Union Street.

Thanks in Advance.
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Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:26:33 GMTThe entire EB side of the road is closed - the EB bike lane, the EB general travel lane, and the "sidewalk" due to construction.

I suppose someone who really wanted to could take the sidewalk on the north side of the road to go EB, but I suggest taking Half to either K or L as bypasses.

But if you are seeing this, you likely have not crossed South Cap yet, so you would probably do better to bypass the whole mess by taking Potomac Avenue.
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